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moss was
basically a hurricane of energy he was a
lot to deal with and he's really just a
dog that needs a job
so this has not been done before using
detection dogs
to assist with captive breeding of
wildlife species
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captive breeding can be quite
challenging for tasmanian devils
over the generations there are behaviors
that they would typically demonstrate
when a female is ready to breed
is becoming quite subtle
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so the detection dog project came about
as we were hoping that we could find a
non-invasive way
to determine when a female should be
paired with a male
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so these dogs are very glamorously
smelling the feces
of the tasmanian devils and they are
placed on what we call
a scent wheel and the dogs um walk
around this carousel
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this program if it is successful will be
highly beneficial for other
captive wildlife species in the future
which could greatly
increase our breeding success in
captivity and also
the release of these individuals into
the wild
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